Healthcare Fortis

Fieldcrest Manor Purchased by Lincoln County Healthcare  Meeting with the Miles Advisory Committee in Damariscotta Aug. 22, Lincoln County Healthcare vice president of marketing Scott Shott provided an update on the Fieldcrest Manor facility in Waldoboro, which was just acquired by Lincoln County Healthcare.

China's Ping An Insurance confident in Fortis  BEIJING, Aug 27 Reuters - Ping An Insurance Group Co China's second-largest life insurer, remains confident about its investment in Fortis despite a plunge in the Belgian-Dutch financial group's share price, an executive said on Wednesday.

SBCERA'S Healthcare Investment Bill Passes Legislature  The award winning San Bernardino County Employees' Retirement Association's SBCERA legislation allowing for the creation of a separate OPEB trust to invest healthcare benefits has passed the legislature. Senate Bill 1586 Sen. Gloria Negrete McLeod cleared the legislature with the bi-partisan co-authorship of Senators Roy Ashburn and Bob Dutton, and Assemblymembers Anthony Adams, Wilmer Amina ...

KPJ HEALTHCARE DISPOSES INTEREST IN HOSPITAL BUILDINGS TO AL-'AQAR KPJ REIT  KPJ HEALTHCARE reported Aug 19, 2008 that it will be disposing its entire interst in the following properties to AL-'AQAR KPJ REIT for a total consideration of RM305.9m, to be satisfied by RM189.02m cash, and by the issuance of 123.02m new units in AL-,AQAR KPJ REIT at an issue price of 50 sen per unit.

Carolinas HealthCare System Gets ‘Personal’ With Contact Center From Nortel  Charlotte, N.C. - August 27, 2008 - The third largest public healthcare system in the United States doesn’t let size stand in the way of personalized care.

NanoBusiness Alliance Announces Participation in Livingston Healthcare & Life Sciences Summit, Debuting in NYC ...  The NanoBusiness Alliance today announced that Vice President Vincent Caprio will be participating in the debut of The Livingston Healthcare & Life Science Stakeholders Summit - "Capturing Trends and Global Outlook: Advanced and Nano Technologies," being held on September 10, 2008 at the Renaissance Hotel Times Square in New York City.

Research and Markets: Sales of EUR 9.85 Billion for Siemens Healthcare Medical Device Company Revealed in This ...  Research and Markets http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/5a0857/siemens_healthcare has announced the addition of the "Siemens Healthcare Medical Device Company Intelligence Report" report to their offering.

West Tennessee Healthcare details plans for future  For the past 12 years, West Tennessee Healthcare has worked to implement an electronic system that allows physicians and pharmacists to access, share and upload patient information within its various hospitals.

Thermage, Inc. to Present at the 2008 Thomas Weisel Partners Healthcare Conference   Thermage, Inc. , a leader in non-invasive tissue tightening in the aesthetic industry, announced today that it will present at the 2008 Thomas Weisel Partners Healthcare Conference at the Four Seasons Hotel in Boston.

Award-Winning Healthcare Policy Researcher Keynotes Staffing Industry Analysts' Healthcare Staffing Summit   Staffing Industry Analysts, the premier provider of market intelligence about the staffing industry, announced today that Linda Aiken, PhD, RN, Director, Center for Health Outcomes and Policy Research, University of Pennsylvania will be the keynote speaker at its 2008 Staffing Industry Analysts Healthcare Staffing Summit in San Francisco, CA September 8-10, 2008.

Carolinas HealthCare System Gets 'Personal' with Virtual Contact Center from Nortel   The third largest public healthcare system in the United States doesn't let size stand in the way of personalized care. For Carolinas HealthCare System2, the very best personal care begins with a virtual contact center from Nortel1NYSE: NT that directs each patient call to a person, not a recording.

PerkinElmer to Present at Thomas Weisel Partners Healthcare Conference   WALTHAM, Mass.----PerkinElmer, Inc. , a global leader in Health Sciences and Photonics, today announced that it will present at the Thomas Weisel Partners Healthcare Conference 2008 on Wednesday, September 3 at 2:40 p.m.

Varian, Inc. to Present at Thomas Weisel Partners' 2008 Healthcare Conference   Varian, Inc. today announced that Garry W. Rogerson, President and CEO, will speak at Thomas Weisel Partners' 2008 Healthcare Conference in Boston on Thursday, September 4th, 2008, at 10:55 a.m.

Rib-X Pharmaceuticals, Inc. to Present at the Thomas Weisel Partners Healthcare Conference   Rib-X Pharmaceuticals, Inc. , a development-stage company focused on the discovery and development of novel antibiotics for the treatment of antibiotic-resistant infections, announced today that Susan Froshauer, PhD, President and Chief Executive Officer, is scheduled to present at the Thomas Weisel Partners Healthcare Conference on September 4, 2008, at 9:45 A.M.